Silsby Morse Spalding

1886 - 1949  (62 years)

• Name	Silsby Morse Spalding  [1]
  Birth	29 May 1886	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 May 1949	..., Los Angeles, California   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California   [1, 2, 4]
  Person ID	I51995	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family	Caroline L. Canfield,   b. 15 Dec 1890, California d. 4 Apr 1970, ..., Orange, California (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Deborah C. Spalding,   b. 13 Nov 1921, ..., Los Angeles, California d. 4 Mar 2011 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F25502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Los Angeles Times May 7, 1949 Silsby M. Spalding, Beverly Hills first Mayor and owner of the famed Tecolote Ranch near Santa Barbara, died Thursday. Death came to the Southland stockbroker, rancher and oilman at his Beverly Hills home, 1019 Laurel Way. He would have been 64 years old May 29. He will perhaps best be remembered for his appointment of the late Will Rogers as honorary Mayor of Beverly Hills. While the story received world-wide publicity at the time, Mr. Spalding already had established his name in the fields of aviation and petroleum. He was one of the early presidents of the Aero Club of Southern California and served as executive both with the Mexican Petroleum Corp. and the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Co. The Tecolote Ranch which he later purchased at Goleta, Cal., was eventually rated one of the most highly developed ranch properties in the county. It was noted for its purebred cattle, horses, walnuts and citrus. Spalding's widow, Caroline Canfield, is the daughter of the late C. A. Canfield, who, in association with the late Edward Doheny, amassed a fortune from oil. Also surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Godwin Joseph Pelissero of Tecolote, and a sister Maie P. Spalding Trimmer of Los Angeles.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S42959] Don Fitchett, RootsWeb.com, Our Fitchett, Harbison, Nix, Wescott and Related Families, (Extracted December 2008). [S15744] Death index, California, Silsby Morse Spalding. [S10841] Cemetery index, Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, (Find-a-Grave).